Milken and Giuliani: Not Like Old Times

Updated Dec. 8, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

"Banking with Rudy" (Review & Outlook, Dec. 3) suggested, tongue firmly in cheek, that I could give former Mayor Giuliani advice on his new Wall Street venture. While I wouldn't presume to do that, it's worth noting something else about this story: Rudy Giuliani, like me and two million other American men, has prostate cancer. Yet we can confidently tackle new challenges -- as fellow cancer survivors John Kerry and Bob Dole did when they ran for president -- without anyone giving it a second thought. That's really remarkable, and it reflects the quiet progress emerging from decades of medical...